Record device



Aug. 25, 1942.

E. B. KLEIN 2,293,985

RECORD DEVICE Filed March 5, 1941 Patented Aug. 25, 1942 UNITED STATESOFFICE RECORD DEVICE Elmer B. Klein, St. Louis, Mo.

Application March 5, 1941, Serial No. 381,784

(Cl. L29-16) 7 Claims.

This invention relates to record devices; and has special reference toholders for record cards adapted for engagement with the cards in anovel and convenient manner.

Objects of the invention are to provide an improved holder for aspecially designed record card or sheet; to provide means for detachablyconnecting the holders to form a longitudinal series thereof; and toprovide record cards or sheets having physical elements or parts adaptedto engage the respective holders for suspension thereby and also in amanner to prevent disarrangement of the cards or sheets relative tothemselves or to the holders.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved holder for arecord card or sheet having a supporting portion for engagement withsaid card or sheet and retaining portions for engaging the upper edge ofthe card or sheet laterally from the supporting portion in order to holdthe card or sheet in proper relationship and prevent displacementthereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved record card orsheet adapted for detachable engagement with the holderso that the cardsor sheets may be connected with the holder, and removed therefrom forling or other purposes, in order to meet business requirements orconveniences.

Other objects will appear from the following description, referencebeing made to the annexed drawing illustrating a suitable embodiment ofthe invention and in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a series ofrecord cards or sheets attached to connected holders, parts of the cardsbeing broken away to show the holders therefor and also todiscloseclearly the manner in which the cards are attached to the holders.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing two series of card or sheet holdersand record cards or sheets attached thereto supported in back-to-backrelationship by a single supporting member.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a holder made in accordance with thepresent invention.

Fig. 4 is an elevation or plan view of a portion of a record card orsheet having a slot specially provided therein for engagement with theholder, and a hinge device spaced from said slot permitting the card orsheet to be folded or turned over to expose the next subjacent card orsheet.

Each card holder is preferably composed of a section of sheet metal orthe like formed to provide a flat body portion l, a forwardly curved andupwardly extended hook 2 at the middle of 55 the lower edge of the bodyportion, a slot 3 along the upper margin of the body portion parallelwith the hook 2 and at least as long as said hook, and a forwardly anddownwardly turned hook 4 at each end of the body. A series of thesehangers may be linked together as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by engaging thehooks 2 in the slots 3 of the respective card holders to provide apivotally connected series or chain of the holders.

Each record card or sheet 5 is of the size desired and is formed with aslot 6 near and parallel with its upper edge. The slot 6 in each card orsheet 5 is arranged at such a distance from the upper edge thereof that,when the slot 6 is engaged with the hook 2, thev upper edgel of the cardwill engage rather closely within and against the hooks 4, therebypositively preventing accidental detachment of the respective cards fromthe holders to which they areV attached, and also preventing substantialdisplacement thereof. Each card is also formed with a longitudinal hinge1 below and parallel with the slot 6 and the upper edge of the card, sothat each card may be turned upwardly or backwardly about said hinge toexpose the next subjacent card for the purpose of inspection or for thepurpose of receiving additional records.

These hangers may be connected together in continuing series to anyextent or length desired and may be detached optionally. When thehangers are connected in extended series, each record card or sheet isattached to the hook 2 in front of the next lower hanger engaged withsaid hook.

As shown in Fig. 2, two series of holders or hangers may be suspended bya single device 8 provided with eppositely disposed and upwardlyextended hooks 9 for engagement in the slots 3 of the uppermost hangersof the two series. The device 8 may also be formed with a hole toreceive a supporting rod Il) along which said device may be moved sothat any desired number of longitudinal series of record cards orsheets.

and hangers therefor may be suspended from the same rod.

A V-shaped connector I l may be engaged with the hooks 2 of the lowestcard holders or hangers of the two series thereof that are suspendedback-to-back from the same device 8. The connector Il will hold thelower ends of the two series of hangers or holders close toeach otherwhile the upper ends thereof are held close to each other by the device8 which suspends them.

From the foregoing it is apparent that this invention attains all of itsintended objects and purposes quite efciently and economically. Thehangers are readily interchangeable, as are the record cards or sheets,so that no inconvenience is encountered in reassembling them after theyhave been detached. The specific form, construction and arrangement ofthe parts may be varied within equivalent limits without departure fromthe nature and principle of the invention as defined by the appendedclaims.

I claim :l

1. A holder for a record card or sheet comprising an elongated bodyhaving an opening intermediate of its ends and near its upper edge forengagement with a support, an upturned hook in connection with said bodybelow said` opening adapted to extend through a card or sheet to be heldby said holder, anda pair' oi downwardly extended hooks in connectionwith said body below the upper wall of said opening and ,above thehorizontal plane of said rst hook adapted to engage the upperlongitudinal margin of the card or sheet that is attached to said firstnamed. hook.

2., A holder for a record card or sheet comprising athin elongated bodyhaving an opening intermediate of its ends and near 'Its upper edge forengagement with a support, an upturned hook in connection with the lowerlongitudinal portion of said body below said opening adapted toextendthrough an opening in a card or sheet to be heldv by said holder, 'and apair of downwardly extended hooks in connection with' said body belowsaid opening and above the horizontal pla-ne of said rst hook adapted toextend in front of the upper longitudinal margin of the card or sheetthat is mounted on said rst hook and to prevent substantial turning ofsaid card or sheet about said first hook.

3. A holder for a record card or sheet comprising anl elongated bodyhaving an upturnedV opening above a line connecting said hooks forengaging a support.

4. Record devices comprising a vertical series of holders having directpivotal engagement with each other, means in connection with the holderat the upper end of the series for suspending said upper holder andthereby said entire series of holders, a record card or sheet detachablyconnected with each holder, and hooks in connection with each holderengaging the upper longitudinal margin and edge of the card or sheetattached thereto.

5. Record devices comprising a vertical series o'f' holders, meansproviding direct pivotal conlr nection of each holder to another holderof the series, means in connection with the holder at the upper end ofthe series for suspending said upper holderV and thereby said entireseries of holders, a record card or sheet detachably connected with eachholder, hooks in connection with eachY holder engaging the upperlongitudinal margin and edge of the card lor sheet attached thereto, anda device for suspending two series of said holders and cards or sheetsback-to-back.

6. Record devices comprising a series of pivotally connected holders,means in connection with the holder at one end of the series forsuspending said series of holders, a record cardt or sheet detachablyconnected with each holder, hooks in connection with each holderengaging the upper longitudinal margin and edge of the card or sheetattached thereto, a device for suspending two series of said holders andcards: or sheets back-to-back, and means for connecting the lower endsof said series of holders in a manner to prevent substantial relativemovement thereof.

7. A record device comprising a holder having an upturned hook inconnection with one' side portion thereof, a pair of downwardly extendedhooks above the longitudinal axis of said rst hook and laterally beyondthe vertical edges thereof, a record card or sheet having a slot throughwhich said rst hook extends and having its upper longitudinal marginextending under said second hooks and its upper edge engaged thereby,and a central upwardly extended portion integral with said body havingan opening above said card or sheet and between the vertical innermostedges of said last named hooks for engaging a support to suspend saidholder:

ELMER B. KLEIN-

